| Noun | 1. | alien - a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your countryau pair - a young foreigner who lives with a family in return for doing light housework gringo - a Latin American (disparaging) term for foreigners (especially Americans and Englishmen) importee, import - an imported person brought from a foreign country; "the lead role was played by an import from Sweden"; "they are descendants of indentured importees" metic - an alien who paid a fee to reside in an ancient Greek city | |
| 2. | alien - anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found | |
| 3. | alien - a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere | |
| Verb | 1. | alien - transfer property or ownership; "The will aliened the property to the heirs"transfer - cause to change ownership; "I transferred my stock holdings to my children" | |
| 2. | alien - arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendlinessalter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" drift apart, drift away - lose personal contact over time; "The two women, who had been roommates in college, drifted apart after they got married" wean - detach the affections of | |
| Adj. | 1. | alien - not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something; "an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism"; "the mysticism so foreign to the French mind and temper"; "jealousy is foreign to her nature"extrinsic - not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside; "extrinsic evidence"; "an extrinsic feature of the new building"; "that style is something extrinsic to the subject"; "looking for extrinsic aid" | |
| 2. | alien - being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "alien customs"; "exotic plants in a greenhouse"; "exotic cuisine"foreign - relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "foreign nations"; "a foreign accent"; "on business in a foreign city" | |